Oukwanyama (Uukwanyama in the neighbouring Oshindonga dialect) is a traditional kingdom of the Ovambo people in what is today northern Namibia and southern Angola. Its capital is Oihole. They caused one of the biggest defeats in Portuguese colonial history at the Battle of the Cunene in 1904.
List of rulers The Oukwanyama Kingdom and King Mandume Museum is located at Omhedi. They speak the Kwanyama dialect.
The list of Oukwanyama kings, their kingdoms and estimated reigning time consists of;
Kambungu ka Muheya (Onambambi-Onehula) around 1600 Shitenhu (Oshiteve) around 1600 Kawengeko (Ondjiva) around 1600 Mushindi ua Kanhene Uandja (Ondjiva) around 1600 Kavonga ka Haindongo (Ondjiva) around 1600 Heita ya Muvale (Ondjiva) around 1690 Hautolonde ya Uandja (Ondjiva) 1755-1760 Mutota wa Haipiya (Ondjiva) 1760-1766 Shimbilinga sha Nailimbi (Ondjiva) 1766-1806 Haihambo ya Mukwanhuli (Ondjiva) 1806-1807 Hamangulu Nahambo ya Naivala (Ondjiva) 1807-1811 Haimbili ya Haufiku (Ondjiva) 1811-1858 Haikukutu yaShinangolo (Ondjiva) 1858-1859 Sheefeni sha Hamukuyu (Ondjiva) 1859-1862 Mweshipandeka ya Shaningika (Ondjiva) 1862-1882 Namhadi ya Mweihanyeka (Ondjiva) 1882-1884 Ueyulu ya Hedimbi (Ondjiva) 1884-1904 Nande ya Hedimbi (Omukumbwaimbi) 1904–1911) Mandume ya Ndemufayo (Ondjiva) 1911-1917 Cornelius Mwetupunga Shelungu (Omhedi) 1998-2005 Martha Mwadinomho ya Kristian ya Nelumbu (Omhedi) 2005 –
See also :Category:Christian mission stations in Oukwanyama
References
External links World Statesmen.org